1. (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

2. (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

3. (a.) Tending to diminish.

4. (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

5. (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.

Lilliputian affectionate name baby baby-sized bantam banty button byname chit cognomen cognominal compact duodecimo elfin epithetic featherweight fingerling formal handy honorific hypocoristic in name only infinitesimal lightweight lilliputian little micro microscopic midget mini miniature miniaturized minikin minimal minnow minny minuscule minute mouse nickname nominal nominative nubbin peewee pet name petite pocket pocket-sized pony pygmy quasi runt self-called self-christened self-styled shrimp slip small small fry small-scale snip snippet so-called sobriquet soi-disant subminiature teensy-weensy teeny teeny-weeny tiny tit titular toy twelvemo undersized vest-pocket wart wee weeny wisp would-be